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Background:  Most women use medications at some stage in their pregnancy. Medication nonadherence during pregnancy could be detrimental to both mother and fetus.

Aims:  To study the extent and nature of the use of prescribed medications during pregnancy and factors associated with medication nonadherence.

Methods:  All women ≥18 years presenting for their 36th week antenatal visit at the pregnancy clinic of a maternity hospital were invited to complete an anonymous questionnaire that contained 61 items, including the Morisky scale. Factors associated with nonadherence were identified in univariate analysis; factors with P < 0.1 were further analysed in a binary logistic regression model.

Results:  The participants (n = 819) had a mean age of 30.8 ± 5.3 years. Most participants were born in Australia, lived with a partner, had university education, were nulliparous, carried one fetus and were …